Continuous Improvement Engineer

Covia is a leading supplier of minerals and material solutions to the industrial and energy markets. Covia’s rich legacy includes many achievements across industries and capital success through partnership. Our ability to deliver the right product, to the right place, at the right time, is unmatched. Just as strong is our commitment to building partnerships that help our customers succeed.

Quality and innovation are at the foundation of Covia; but our real strength is our people. Covia employs a diverse and highly skilled team of professionals to convert natural minerals into engineered solutions for our customers. Every member of our team has a valuable opportunity to help shape our future and make a positive impact on the world around us through our commitment to the locations where we live and work.

COVIA IS COMMITTED TO EMBRACING AND PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (D&I) WHERE WE WORK, WITH WHOM WE DO BUSINESS, AND WHERE WE LIVE.  We strive to create an inclusive culture where diversity is valued and respected and where all feel included and engaged. We are intentional in our efforts to bring Team Members together and create opportunities to contribute their unique skills, experiences, and perspectives in the pursuit of Covia’s business growth objectives.  Enabling all Team Members to perform at their best while being themselves is fundamental to the Clearly Covia Values and Culture.

Covia is looking for a Continuous Improvement (CI) Engineer who will have a positive impact on the Operations team at our Troy Grove and Wedron facilities.  As a CI Engineer, you will support an operating environment that embraces the continuous improvement process, implementing and maintaining systems, driving productivity improvements as well as leading, coaching, motivating, and engaging the work teams to accomplish operational objectives

The successful incumbent will have the following Key Accountabilities:

• Working with sites to support Covia’s Operations Management System with objectives that include:
  • Improving work effectiveness and efficiencies
  • Providing the tools and approaches needed by teams to deliver
  • Assisting to identify systems to support debottlenecking and loss prevention
• Assisting the plant in developing and supporting a portfolio of Continuous Improvement (CI) projects for areas of productivity, energy, and growth.
• Continually evaluate personnel and work processes with continuous improvement as the objective.
• Identify novel concepts and approaches directed toward improving Operations optimization processes.
• Facilitate local workshops to generate involvement for problem solving and idea generation at all levels throughout the Organization including front line workers.
• Provide lean manufacturing training to front line and supervisory staff at the plant.
• Ensure all plant personnel receive thorough training on existing processes and are upgrades on new systems as required.
• Facilitate the implementation and sustaining the Ways of Working. Focus on KPI development, Visual Performance Boards, 5S and Skills Training Matrix.
• Build and foster a strong culture of personal and process safety across the organization.
• Fill in for Production and Maintenance Supervisors from time to time when supervisors are on vacation as an opportunity to develop supervisory and leadership skills
• Collaborate with cross functional and interdependent departments as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned

The successful incumbent will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or Science from an accredited college or university, required
• Ability to train plant employees in problem solving techniques to deliver results
• Self-motivated to resolve challenges and circumvent obstacles
• Openly discuss opportunities to improve the performance of the business
• Strong communication skills are essential.
• Strong analytical and technical skills, ability to solve complex problems, ability to innovate, and a strategic business perspective and financial acumen

Benefits:

• Excellent Healthcare Benefits – medical, vision, dental
• 401K with company matching
• Vacation + Paid Holidays
• Disability, Life / AD&D, and Long-Term Care Insurances
• Employee Assistance Program

At Covia, we strive for and support a diverse workforce as we firmly believe this lays the foundation of our success.  Our compelling culture supports inclusion, individuality, and respect within the workplace.  We are committed to providing employment opportunities to the most qualified candidate based on work-related factors and without regard to non-work-related factors including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or veteran status.

The organization offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits. 

An Equal Opportunity Employer